SIDNEY LUNDEN VALUED HARD WORK, HONESTY
"One ship drives east and another drives west.
With the selfsame winds that blow.
Tis the set of the sails.
And not the gales.
Which tells us the way to go.
Like the winds of the seas are the ways of fate,
As we voyage along through the life:
Tis the set of a soul.
That decides its goal,
And not the calm or the strife."
["The Winds of Fate" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox]
Sidney Lunden loved this poem. Perhaps it's because it defined who he was: A man who set his own goals and pursued them with resolve.
Born in Sisters, Ore., in a decrepit wooden shack that didn't even have a floor, Lunden's determination drew him out of poverty and allowed him to establish a legacy that will benefit many for years to come.
Lunden, who died Oct. 23, invented a lumber stacking system that is used the world over. He was 86.
"He did more for the lumber industry than anyone had ever done," said his wife of 60 years, Dorothy Lunden.
Lunden dared to dream big even when people laughed at his ideas. A Gonzaga University graduate in mechanical engineering, Lundenwas an extremely intelligent man, family members say, and had 13 patents for his lumber stacking equipment designs.
"He enjoyed every minute of his work," Dorothy Lunden said.
Yet his success never undermined his humility, and he was never one to gloat. In fact, he didn't even like to call his work "inventions."
"I think he saw it as something that needed to be fixed and he was fixing it," said his granddaughter.
He remained a simple and steadfast man, with a deep love for family and a respect for those he worked with. Lunden , who had lived in the Spokane Valley since 1969, owned and operated Lunden Industries, which made the stacking machines, for many years.
"He was always thinking of the other guy," said Dorothy Lunden, who remembers her husband giving out bonuses even during tough financial times. She said she would ask him why he was always giving his money away, and he would say, "To keep good people you gotta pay them."
Before working in the lumber industry he had served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
Dorothy Lunden said her husband was not a fancy man nor did he like fancy things. He enjoyed the simple joys of life, such as pecan pie.
"He always ate dessert first," said his daughter. He fondly referred to anything he couldn't eat as "toxic waste."
Lunden also loved to travel. He and his wife took trips all over the world. He tried to take his family on vacation every year, his children say, and they visited almost every national park in the country.
They remember sitting in their old station wagon on road trips eating bologna sandwiches with cheese and lettuce.
"There were hard times, but there were good times," Dorothy Lunden said. "We did a lot of things that didn't cost anything except the gas to get us there."
"He would start singing (in the car), and mom would start singing and soon the whole car would start singing," said his daughter. "He had a beautiful whistle. He could whistle like any bird."
He took his children camping and taught them how to snow ski and water ski. An athletic man, he jogged often and competed in Bloomsday, and also loved fishing and sailing. In the days before chairlifts, he would sometimes park his car near Bear Creek Lodge on Mount Spokane and walk all the way to the top so he could ski down.
He could point out every animal and bird and tree, said his daughter.
He gave us all an appreciation for the beauty of nature. .
While he was generally a quiet man, he liked to laugh.
"I thought he was going to pass out from laughing at 'Candid Camera' when we were kids," said his son , in a written statement. "He was funnier than the show."
He never put his love for his children into words, but they could always tell from his actions - from the way he stood to greet them to his hugs. He wanted his family to know their heritage and took them to Osterfarnerbo, Sweden, where his family originated.
"You can always tell a Swede, but don't tell him too much at one time," stated a saying hanging in his kitchen..
His daughter said he especially didn't want his children to forget that the family had "come from dirt." He wanted them to understand the importance of hard work and honesty.
Dorothy Lunden said he was a strict disciplinarian, and he gave his children a good foundation for the future..
"White was white and black was black and there was no gray," she said..
His daughter said her father taught them that people should never think so high of themselves that they can't be replaced. Instead, they should have integrity and keep hope strong even in the hardest of times. He was a staunch Republican who hated bureaucracy of all kinds.
"He didn't like people who took something for nothing," said his daughter. .
Lunden loved to collect wooden carvings, and he made each of his five children and his wife a grandfather clock.
His daughter said her father really softened up with old age.
"He was very caring … when you were hurting, he was hurting too," she said. .
Lunden is survived by five children, nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and two sisters.
The Lundens wintered in Tucson, Ariz., for the past 17 years, spending six months there each year.
"We liked the area," said Dorothy Lunden. "We didn't have to shovel snow."
It was while en route to Arizona that Lunden had an aneurysm on Oct. 22 outside Baker City, Ore. The next day he died in a hospital in Boise, where he had been transferred.
Even at the very last moment, he was still thinking of his family.
He asked the doctor to take good care of his wife.
The Spokesman Review November 10, 2005.
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"One ship drives east and another drives west.
With the selfsame winds that blow.
Tis the set of the sails.
And not the gales.
Which tells us the way to go.
Like the winds of the seas are the ways of fate,
As we voyage along through the life:
Tis the set of a soul.
That decides its goal,
And not the calm or the strife."
["The Winds of Fate" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox]
Sidney Lunden loved this poem. Perhaps it's because it defined who he was: A man who set his own goals and pursued them with resolve.
Born in Sisters, Ore., in a decrepit wooden shack that didn't even have a floor, Lunden's determination drew him out of poverty and allowed him to establish a legacy that will benefit many for years to come.
Lunden, who died Oct. 23, invented a lumber stacking system that is used the world over. He was 86.
"He did more for the lumber industry than anyone had ever done," said his wife of 60 years, Dorothy Lunden.
Lunden dared to dream big even when people laughed at his ideas. A Gonzaga University graduate in mechanical engineering, Lundenwas an extremely intelligent man, family members say, and had 13 patents for his lumber stacking equipment designs.
"He enjoyed every minute of his work," Dorothy Lunden said.
Yet his success never undermined his humility, and he was never one to gloat. In fact, he didn't even like to call his work "inventions."
"I think he saw it as something that needed to be fixed and he was fixing it," said his granddaughter.
He remained a simple and steadfast man, with a deep love for family and a respect for those he worked with. Lunden , who had lived in the Spokane Valley since 1969, owned and operated Lunden Industries, which made the stacking machines, for many years.
"He was always thinking of the other guy," said Dorothy Lunden, who remembers her husband giving out bonuses even during tough financial times. She said she would ask him why he was always giving his money away, and he would say, "To keep good people you gotta pay them."
Before working in the lumber industry he had served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
Dorothy Lunden said her husband was not a fancy man nor did he like fancy things. He enjoyed the simple joys of life, such as pecan pie.
"He always ate dessert first," said his daughter. He fondly referred to anything he couldn't eat as "toxic waste."
Lunden also loved to travel. He and his wife took trips all over the world. He tried to take his family on vacation every year, his children say, and they visited almost every national park in the country.
They remember sitting in their old station wagon on road trips eating bologna sandwiches with cheese and lettuce.
"There were hard times, but there were good times," Dorothy Lunden said. "We did a lot of things that didn't cost anything except the gas to get us there."
"He would start singing (in the car), and mom would start singing and soon the whole car would start singing," said his daughter. "He had a beautiful whistle. He could whistle like any bird."
He took his children camping and taught them how to snow ski and water ski. An athletic man, he jogged often and competed in Bloomsday, and also loved fishing and sailing. In the days before chairlifts, he would sometimes park his car near Bear Creek Lodge on Mount Spokane and walk all the way to the top so he could ski down.
He could point out every animal and bird and tree, said his daughter.
He gave us all an appreciation for the beauty of nature. .
While he was generally a quiet man, he liked to laugh.
"I thought he was going to pass out from laughing at 'Candid Camera' when we were kids," said his son , in a written statement. "He was funnier than the show."
He never put his love for his children into words, but they could always tell from his actions - from the way he stood to greet them to his hugs. He wanted his family to know their heritage and took them to Osterfarnerbo, Sweden, where his family originated.
"You can always tell a Swede, but don't tell him too much at one time," stated a saying hanging in his kitchen..
His daughter said he especially didn't want his children to forget that the family had "come from dirt." He wanted them to understand the importance of hard work and honesty.
Dorothy Lunden said he was a strict disciplinarian, and he gave his children a good foundation for the future..
"White was white and black was black and there was no gray," she said..
His daughter said her father taught them that people should never think so high of themselves that they can't be replaced. Instead, they should have integrity and keep hope strong even in the hardest of times. He was a staunch Republican who hated bureaucracy of all kinds.
"He didn't like people who took something for nothing," said his daughter. .
Lunden loved to collect wooden carvings, and he made each of his five children and his wife a grandfather clock.
His daughter said her father really softened up with old age.
"He was very caring … when you were hurting, he was hurting too," she said. .
Lunden is survived by five children, nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and two sisters.
The Lundens wintered in Tucson, Ariz., for the past 17 years, spending six months there each year.
"We liked the area," said Dorothy Lunden. "We didn't have to shovel snow."
It was while en route to Arizona that Lunden had an aneurysm on Oct. 22 outside Baker City, Ore. The next day he died in a hospital in Boise, where he had been transferred.
Even at the very last moment, he was still thinking of his family.
He asked the doctor to take good care of his wife.
The Spokesman Review November 10, 2005.
.
SIDNEY LUNDEN VALUED HARD WORK, HONESTY
"One ship drives east and another drives west.
With the selfsame winds that blow.
Tis the set of the sails.
And not the gales.
Which tells us the way to go.
Like the winds of the seas are the ways of fate,
As we voyage along through the life:
Tis the set of a soul.
That decides its goal,
And not the calm or the strife."
["The Winds of Fate" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox]
Sidney Lunden loved this poem. Perhaps it's because it defined who he was: A man who set his own goals and pursued them with resolve.
Born in Sisters, Ore., in a decrepit wooden shack that didn't even have a floor, Lunden's determination drew him out of poverty and allowed him to establish a legacy that will benefit many for years to come.
Lunden, who died Oct. 23, invented a lumber stacking system that is used the world over. He was 86.
"He did more for the lumber industry than anyone had ever done," said his wife of 60 years, Dorothy Lunden.
Lunden dared to dream big even when people laughed at his ideas. A Gonzaga University graduate in mechanical engineering, Lundenwas an extremely intelligent man, family members say, and had 13 patents for his lumber stacking equipment designs.
"He enjoyed every minute of his work," Dorothy Lunden said.
Yet his success never undermined his humility, and he was never one to gloat. In fact, he didn't even like to call his work "inventions."
"I think he saw it as something that needed to be fixed and he was fixing it," said his granddaughter.
He remained a simple and steadfast man, with a deep love for family and a respect for those he worked with. Lunden , who had lived in the Spokane Valley since 1969, owned and operated Lunden Industries, which made the stacking machines, for many years.
"He was always thinking of the other guy," said Dorothy Lunden, who remembers her husband giving out bonuses even during tough financial times. She said she would ask him why he was always giving his money away, and he would say, "To keep good people you gotta pay them."
Before working in the lumber industry he had served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
Dorothy Lunden said her husband was not a fancy man nor did he like fancy things. He enjoyed the simple joys of life, such as pecan pie.
"He always ate dessert first," said his daughter. He fondly referred to anything he couldn't eat as "toxic waste."
Lunden also loved to travel. He and his wife took trips all over the world. He tried to take his family on vacation every year, his children say, and they visited almost every national park in the country.
They remember sitting in their old station wagon on road trips eating bologna sandwiches with cheese and lettuce.
"There were hard times, but there were good times," Dorothy Lunden said. "We did a lot of things that didn't cost anything except the gas to get us there."
"He would start singing (in the car), and mom would start singing and soon the whole car would start singing," said his daughter. "He had a beautiful whistle. He could whistle like any bird."
He took his children camping and taught them how to snow ski and water ski. An athletic man, he jogged often and competed in Bloomsday, and also loved fishing and sailing. In the days before chairlifts, he would sometimes park his car near Bear Creek Lodge on Mount Spokane and walk all the way to the top so he could ski down.
He could point out every animal and bird and tree, said his daughter.
He gave us all an appreciation for the beauty of nature. .
While he was generally a quiet man, he liked to laugh.
"I thought he was going to pass out from laughing at 'Candid Camera' when we were kids," said his son , in a written statement. "He was funnier than the show."
He never put his love for his children into words, but they could always tell from his actions - from the way he stood to greet them to his hugs. He wanted his family to know their heritage and took them to Osterfarnerbo, Sweden, where his family originated.
"You can always tell a Swede, but don't tell him too much at one time," stated a saying hanging in his kitchen..
His daughter said he especially didn't want his children to forget that the family had "come from dirt." He wanted them to understand the importance of hard work and honesty.
Dorothy Lunden said he was a strict disciplinarian, and he gave his children a good foundation for the future..
"White was white and black was black and there was no gray," she said..
His daughter said her father taught them that people should never think so high of themselves that they can't be replaced. Instead, they should have integrity and keep hope strong even in the hardest of times. He was a staunch Republican who hated bureaucracy of all kinds.
"He didn't like people who took something for nothing," said his daughter. .
Lunden loved to collect wooden carvings, and he made each of his five children and his wife a grandfather clock.
His daughter said her father really softened up with old age.
"He was very caring … when you were hurting, he was hurting too," she said. .
Lunden is survived by five children, nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and two sisters.
The Lundens wintered in Tucson, Ariz., for the past 17 years, spending six months there each year.
"We liked the area," said Dorothy Lunden. "We didn't have to shovel snow."
It was while en route to Arizona that Lunden had an aneurysm on Oct. 22 outside Baker City, Ore. The next day he died in a hospital in Boise, where he had been transferred.
Even at the very last moment, he was still thinking of his family.
He asked the doctor to take good care of his wife.
The Spokesman Review November 10, 2005.
.
"One ship drives east and another drives west.
With the selfsame winds that blow.
Tis the set of the sails.
And not the gales.
Which tells us the way to go.
Like the winds of the seas are the ways of fate,
As we voyage along through the life:
Tis the set of a soul.
That decides its goal,
And not the calm or the strife."
["The Winds of Fate" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox]
Sidney Lunden loved this poem. Perhaps it's because it defined who he was: A man who set his own goals and pursued them with resolve.
Born in Sisters, Ore., in a decrepit wooden shack that didn't even have a floor, Lunden's determination drew him out of poverty and allowed him to establish a legacy that will benefit many for years to come.
Lunden, who died Oct. 23, invented a lumber stacking system that is used the world over. He was 86.
"He did more for the lumber industry than anyone had ever done," said his wife of 60 years, Dorothy Lunden.
Lunden dared to dream big even when people laughed at his ideas. A Gonzaga University graduate in mechanical engineering, Lundenwas an extremely intelligent man, family members say, and had 13 patents for his lumber stacking equipment designs.
"He enjoyed every minute of his work," Dorothy Lunden said.
Yet his success never undermined his humility, and he was never one to gloat. In fact, he didn't even like to call his work "inventions."
"I think he saw it as something that needed to be fixed and he was fixing it," said his granddaughter.
He remained a simple and steadfast man, with a deep love for family and a respect for those he worked with. Lunden , who had lived in the Spokane Valley since 1969, owned and operated Lunden Industries, which made the stacking machines, for many years.
"He was always thinking of the other guy," said Dorothy Lunden, who remembers her husband giving out bonuses even during tough financial times. She said she would ask him why he was always giving his money away, and he would say, "To keep good people you gotta pay them."
Before working in the lumber industry he had served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
Dorothy Lunden said her husband was not a fancy man nor did he like fancy things. He enjoyed the simple joys of life, such as pecan pie.
"He always ate dessert first," said his daughter. He fondly referred to anything he couldn't eat as "toxic waste."
Lunden also loved to travel. He and his wife took trips all over the world. He tried to take his family on vacation every year, his children say, and they visited almost every national park in the country.
They remember sitting in their old station wagon on road trips eating bologna sandwiches with cheese and lettuce.
"There were hard times, but there were good times," Dorothy Lunden said. "We did a lot of things that didn't cost anything except the gas to get us there."
"He would start singing (in the car), and mom would start singing and soon the whole car would start singing," said his daughter. "He had a beautiful whistle. He could whistle like any bird."
He took his children camping and taught them how to snow ski and water ski. An athletic man, he jogged often and competed in Bloomsday, and also loved fishing and sailing. In the days before chairlifts, he would sometimes park his car near Bear Creek Lodge on Mount Spokane and walk all the way to the top so he could ski down.
He could point out every animal and bird and tree, said his daughter.
He gave us all an appreciation for the beauty of nature. .
While he was generally a quiet man, he liked to laugh.
"I thought he was going to pass out from laughing at 'Candid Camera' when we were kids," said his son , in a written statement. "He was funnier than the show."
He never put his love for his children into words, but they could always tell from his actions - from the way he stood to greet them to his hugs. He wanted his family to know their heritage and took them to Osterfarnerbo, Sweden, where his family originated.
"You can always tell a Swede, but don't tell him too much at one time," stated a saying hanging in his kitchen..
His daughter said he especially didn't want his children to forget that the family had "come from dirt." He wanted them to understand the importance of hard work and honesty.
Dorothy Lunden said he was a strict disciplinarian, and he gave his children a good foundation for the future..
"White was white and black was black and there was no gray," she said..
His daughter said her father taught them that people should never think so high of themselves that they can't be replaced. Instead, they should have integrity and keep hope strong even in the hardest of times. He was a staunch Republican who hated bureaucracy of all kinds.
"He didn't like people who took something for nothing," said his daughter. .
Lunden loved to collect wooden carvings, and he made each of his five children and his wife a grandfather clock.
His daughter said her father really softened up with old age.
"He was very caring … when you were hurting, he was hurting too," she said. .
Lunden is survived by five children, nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and two sisters.
The Lundens wintered in Tucson, Ariz., for the past 17 years, spending six months there each year.
"We liked the area," said Dorothy Lunden. "We didn't have to shovel snow."
It was while en route to Arizona that Lunden had an aneurysm on Oct. 22 outside Baker City, Ore. The next day he died in a hospital in Boise, where he had been transferred.
Even at the very last moment, he was still thinking of his family.
He asked the doctor to take good care of his wife.
The Spokesman Review November 10, 2005.
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